Chap. 3 An Exfa,rfitis;; upon rite $Doke cf f o h.znd, Theoart our god, that is, they have boafted of what cle;> have gotten and done by their hand ; To doe fo it a fedged i-i- geeitie fo they conace the next verfe with this in the fame fi e of irterprecation : and they have this helpe forit, becaufe thofe words, to be prenilhed, are not exprc Rely in the Hebrew tear, As if fob had fayd, ifmy n:oiezh had kijfrdmy hand, that is , Adored and applauded myowne wifdome and endeavours,as the mute of my Great p: ofperity, 1fhoald hove denied the Tod that is above-, Now it is a great truth, that whatfoever weaferibe anyEfficiency Co we make that our God, and fodeny the God that is above, Which agrees clearcly with that of Agur (Pro. 3o. 8, 9 ) pray- ing for a middle eitatt, or that God would cut him out his porti- on neither coo bigge nor too lit le; Give me- neither povertie nor riches, feed me withfood convenient for me, left 16e fall and deny thee, and/ay; mho, id the Lord ? As to fit downe in a creature fulï- nefe is to deny God, fo for any man tomake himfelfe the Au- thour ofhis owne creature-fulineffe is to denyGod alto. This expofition being fo much inffted npon, I would not leave it quite out, yet I Mall not flay in it, but proceed to the opening of this context according CO the molt generally approved opini- on, as containing 7ohd difclaimer of ail falfe warftaip and Ido. tarry. Verf. 26. If1 beheld the Sienne when it Aimed, &c. .,_But is there any hurt in beholding theSonne when it ft.ineth ? May we not contemplate the workes of creation, and behold them in their greateft beanie and brightneffe ? Why then cloth fob put this among the fins which he fo vehemently dif- owner, that he did not behold the Sonne to ben it Jhined; what fault is there in th ra ? or if there be how could yobefcape that fault ? I anfwer, it is fo farre from being a fin that it is indeed a duty to beheld the Sienne when it/hineth, nod the A'faooet walking in brióhtntle. It is our duty to view and confider the creatures toe either ofthef two ends. Firit That in them as ina glattewe may fee the glory , the power, thewifdorttfê and goodneffe of God. When the creatures arenot fo much ob;eets upon which weTooke, as meares by ar d thorough which we Tooke unto and fee God, then we improve them rightly,. Thus the holy G.hoft directs us by the Prophet Bbbb (Ifa. vet bis an nwitJenunyuarrt af3ra atro dr;r coluzfre; ved gen'er slimfz- cirbant unde 9estdfixm. .1G- -Jfl! ?Hr) i o'f,tra in poke, no 'norm fint, et Jernper1lf41. l'prra;lt. Doi.
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